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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pokémon: The First Movie (1999) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pokémon: The First Movie (1999) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999).
About the movie:
Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
Rorschachs name refers to the famous Rorschach inkblot test used in psychotherapy. In the graphic novel, we learn that the material from his mask was intended for a dress belonging to
Catherine Genovese
, better known as Kitty Genovese. Her murder in public view sparked an outcry about bystander apathy. Ozymandias is a Greek name for Rameses II, and the title of a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The inscription from a ruined statue quoted in the sonnet appears under a massive Egyptian bust in his lair.
b.
Briefly held the record for highest-grossing opening for an animated film. The record was shattered two weeks later by
Toy Story 2
.
c.
Those involved in the film remembered
John Gilbert
as having been the primary director on this film.
Greta Garbo
would refuse to continue filming unless he approved a scene. Only
Edmund Goulding
is credited as director in the final version.
d.
Based around the character of Madea played by Tyler Perry in a series of hit African-American gospel stage plays: I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2000), Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2001), Madeas Family Reunion (2002), Madeas Class Reunion (2003), Meet the Browns (2004), and Madea Goes to Jail (2004).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
Anthony Hopkins
was offered the role of Alfred but declined.
b.
A narrator and Mewtwos voice were added in the American version, in the first segment of the movie, to help better explain the movie to people who may not have had such a wide knowledge of the Pokemon craze, for example parents who took their children to see the movie.
c.
Dennis Quaid
was the first and only choice for Alex Gardner, after the producers loved his dedication for the role and the project during its pre-production stage.
d.
Filmed in just five days, using the same set and much of the same cast as
Smoke
. The premise of the film came to directors
Wayne Wang
and
Paul Auster
while watching an improvisation session between
Harvey Keitel
et. al. to help them get into character for filming
Smoke
. They decided that the improvisations were so funny that they would spend a few days after shooting Smoke just filming film is almost entirely improvised. Auster and Wang claim to have "borrowed" the idea of shooting another movie on the back of an existing one from
Roger Corman
who often used to shoot movies very quickly on leftover sets from other productions.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
The theme song is not the same tune as the TV show, but it contains all the same words.
b.
The Eureka Springs, AR location is known locally as "The Top of the World".
c.
The barber shaving Craig Chester in one scene is played by Jim Crawford, who did hair and makeup for the film. He is also the barber shaving the boys heads.
d.
The photo of the cat is of Joanne Rose real-life cat, Remy Rose.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
The American version didnt include a section called "Origin of Mewtwo" for its theatrical run due to its dark nature.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 31, 1944 with
Alan Ladd
reprising his film role.
c.
Robert De Niro
gained a record 60 pounds to play the older Jake La Motta, and
Joe Pesci
lost weight for the same scene (De Niros movie weight-gain record was subsequently broken by Vincent DOnofrio (I), who gained 70 pounds for his role as Pvt. Lawrence in
Full Metal Jacket
).
d.
James Stewart
felt that he was miscast as Shepherd Henderson.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
The song Molly starts playing continuously on the piano before stopping after the first seven notes is "Good King Wenceslas".
b.
Lelaina (
Winona Ryder
) sabotages Grant Gublers (John Mahoney) program by tampering with his cue cards. At the beginning of the film, when delivering her Valedictorian speech at the Graduation ceremony, she herself experiences some cue card trouble, the end of her speech has gone missing ("The answer is.... I dont know.")
c.
Around the time
Tony Bill
was considering directing the movie, the
Paul Schrader
script was sent to
Al Pacino
, but he declined the role.
Julia Phillips
never knew whether Pacino declined the role because he didnt like the script or because he didnt want to work with Bill.
d.
Michael Haigney
said that the opening segment was inspired by a bath that he took.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
The movie originally started as a screenplay entitled "Hardwired", a classical-style murder mystery that read like a stage play, and was very much in the spirit of
Isaac Asimov
s "three laws" mysteries. When the original "Hardwired" script eventually reached Fox, after being developed at Disney with director
Bryan Singer
, new director
Alex Proyas
and writer
Jeff Vintar
opened up the story to fit a big-budget studio film. When Fox acquired the rights to
Isaac Asimov
s story collection, Vintar spent two years adapting Hardwired to serve as a tenth story in the Asimov canon, complete with Susan Calvin and the Three Laws of Robotics.
Hillary Seitz
worked at one point as script doctor. Writer
Akiva Goldsman
came on late in the process to tailor the script to
Will Smith
.
b.
Frances McDormand
was once in talks for a role.
c.
When Jamie Bennett appears to ask for the hand of the chubby Portuguese sister, her line is subtitled "But Ive never seen him before." What she actually says in Portuguese is "But Ive never seen him fatter"
d.
As Meowth gets sucked into a tube, James says "Whos That Pokemon?", a reference to the commercial-break game of the same name on the TV show.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
Surrounded by a lot of controversy on the University it was shot on.
b.
Michael Crichton
, author of the book and co-author of the screenplay, wrote the part of Connor with
Sean Connery
in mind.
c.
In Japan, the main character (Ash) is known as Satoshi, while his main rival (Gary) is known as Shigeru. These Japanese names were taken from two game designers :-
Satoshi Tajiri
(original creator of Pokemon) and
Shigeru Miyamoto
(one of the head game designers at Nintendo Co. Ltd) who are in reality good friends. it was Miyamoto who pushed Tajiris ideas to Nintendo CEOs and got the Pokemon game franchise started.
d.
The photographs shown in Harlen Maguires (
Jude Law
) apartment also appear in a book by
Luc Sante
titled "Evidence." According to Sante, the photos are part of a collection held by the Municipal Archives of the City of New York and were taken by members of the NYPD during the years 1914-1918.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
The American edit of the film contains CGI effects that werent included in the Japanese cut. These include realistic-looking clouds.
b.
Chandra West
and
Deborah Kara Unger
were both in
The Salton Sea
and
White Noise
. In both films West plays the spouse of the protagonist, and in both films she dies. The protagonist then goes on a search to find out what happened to her, where he meets the character played by Unger, and befriends her.
c.
Facts were changed to protect 1950s sensitivities. Lafitte did have an affair with a Claybourne lady, but it was the Governors wife, not his daughter.
d.
The first screen credit for
Max Steiner
as Musical Director.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
Kevin Spacey
was cast two days before filming began.
b.
The book that Jed and Shazzer read on the plane is "The Beach" by
Alex Garland
that also partially takes place in Thailand.
c.
The lake Herbie drives through is the same lake Herbie skipped on top of in
The Love Bug
.
d.
The fighting is wrong moral ending exists only in the American version.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)?
a.
The words "Klaatu Barada Nikto", which are in the original 1951 film spoken by Helen Benson to Gort the robot, has featured in many other productions, for instance in
Army of Darkness
, where they are the spell Ash must speak to stop the undead army from appearing.
b.
Orson Welles
always wore a fake nose when he worked, so when he would sweat on this film, his fake nose would slip. Make-up people had to keep applying material to keep the fake nose from falling.
c.
The VHS release of the film had a trailer to Pokémon 2000 and came with a free trading card. The DVD release came with a Mewtwo promotional card.
d.
The author of the original story, Norman Krasna, saw "You and Me" as an opportunity to direct, bot original stars George Raft and Carole Lombard objected. Raft was suspended and by the time he was reassigned, Sylvia Sydney had replaced Lombard with Richard Wallace as director. Sydney, who had starred in Fritz Langs first two American films, successfully lobbied to have Lang replace him.
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